April

April 6 - A blizzard unprecedented in size for April dumps 1-2 feet of snow on the northeastern U.S., closing schools and businesses, snarling traffic, and cancelling several major league baseball games.

Age To Age by Christian artist Amy Grant is released. By December 1983, it will have become the first Christian album by a solo artist to be certified gold. By 1985 it will have gone platinum, another first for the Christian music industry.

June 11 - After a racially filled build up, the WBC world Heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, a Black, defeats challenger Gerry Cooney, a White, by a knockout in round 13 at Las Vegas to retain the world championship.